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War jingle.
THE ATTACK.

THE ATTACK.
Two little chaps with paper caps.
Flag flying and drum beating.
A charge across the meadow made
Where iocks of geese were eating.
THE RETREAT.
The geese at this set up hiss,
The soldier chaps sought cover.
AL out of breath and badly scar'd-
The cruel war was over.
Ii. Stauffer. in Good Housekeeping.
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Tho Effect of Cold in New York.

New York Graphic.
With the thermometer thirty-five degrees be-
low zero in the Mohawk valley the dweers in
that locality must feel as if they had robbed q
bank and gone across the borders
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Now. What Does This Mean:

Philadelphia Record
As Henry Ward Beecher grows older he looks
a bit like Benjamin Franklin. If all the stories
about Benjamin be correct, there We're also GER
tain similariries in conduct between himself aud
Henry Ward.
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A Motto.

Never never day should pass.
Without some kindness kindly shown;
This is motto, dear laddie and lass,
To think upon daily and take for your own.
st. Nicholas for February.
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|. Loca, poli,ioIan from away Back.


Jedge is good at argyin'-
No mistake in that!
Most folks at tackles him
He'll skin EN- like catl
You see, the Jedge is read up.
And ben in politics;
Hand-in-glove, you might say.
Sence back in SO.
Elected to the shurrif, FIRST.
Then elected clerk;
Went into lawn then,
And buckled down to work.
Practiced zee er four terms,
Then he run fer jedge-
Speechifed little round.
And went in like wedge.
Run fer Legislator twic't-
Made her ever pop!
Keeps On the way he's doin'.
Don't know where he'll stop.
Some thinks he's got his eye
On the governorship;-
Well. eff he tuck the track,
Guess he'd make the trip!
But started out to tell you
(Now. I allus liked the man
Not for his politics,
But social. under stan
Fer, as regards to my views,
Political and sich,-
When we come together there
We're pretty APP to hitch.)
Ketched him in at Knox's
On'y tother day
Gittin' shaved. the ledge was.
Err suthin' hathaway
Well, fetched MIN up some
en- the silver bill;-
Jedge says, Il won't discuss it,"
/ says, "You will"
I-says-he. II reckon
You'll concede with me,
Coins the only genuine
Money" I-says-ee;
Says 1, Whats dollar billl'
Says I, whats a ten
Err forty leven hundred of emf
Give US specia, then!'
seed was a-gittin'
The Jedge kindo' red
Around the gilIs. He hawked sone
And cleared his th'oat and said
'sFacts is too complicated
Bout the bill in view,''
Squirmed and told the barber then
He wisht he'd hurry through.
Well, then, knowed I had him.
And the crowd around the fire
Was all a-winkin' at me,
AS the barber raised him higher
Says I, 'Jedge what's dollaIs-
Err half-uni" I-says-ee-
whats quarterl-What's dime7"
whats cENTs?" says he.
Wy had him fairly b'ilin!
You needn't comb my hair"
He says to the barber
II want fresh airi' s~1
And you'd aided a-laughin'
To a-seed him grab his het.
AS I-says-ee, says l, "Jedge.
Where you goin' ats'
Jedge is good at argyin',
By-and-large; and yit
Beat him at his own game
And he's goin to git
And yit the Jedge is read up,
And been in politics,
Hand .in-glove you might say.
Sence back in SO.
james Whitcomb Bill
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good Catholics Of Mexico to the virgin of Guada-
lupe had SO increased that many contributions
mad been made and the grand cathedral which
now adorns the town of Guadalupe was begun.
The cost of this building was more than $780,.
600, In which is not included the cost OF taber-
nacle OF silver, presented by the viceroy Count
OF Salvatierra, and sixty lamps OF beaten silver
which were hung in the vaults of the temple.
Worshipers and visitors were liberal with their
donations, and from the funds thus realized
many rich paintings, ornaments and altar deco
ratlonS were purchased, some of them surpass-
ing Ia beauty and value those owned by the
cathedral in Mexico. The ornaments of the
altar aud articles used in the services in this
great church were Of solid silver, and the value
of these and the paintings on the wall was more
than 10, 900 marcas fnearly $100, 000l
chapel called Del Cerrita, which stands on
the spot where the virgin first appeared to Juan
Diego, was erected one hundred years later, at
the expense of Don Cristobal de Aguirre and his
wife. The causeway, built of rock, as we'll as
the aqueduct and the handsome fountain in the
public square. were presented to the town of
Guadalupe by Don Fray Payo de Rivera. Arch
| bishop and first Viceroy Of Mexico.
| For many years the temple was under the care
| of six priests, but in 1850 Don Manuel Jose de
| Ruble Salinas being archbishop, it was trans
1 formed into an abbey, and the abbott and canons
| took possession About that time Rope Bene-
prayer. Still later inquiry was held, upon
| the demand of Don Francisco Soils, and judicial
/ proceedings we're instituted to prove the appari-
| ton of the Virgin, and establish a record OF
| the event.
| The town of Guadalupe was called Tepeatitla
| by the Spaniards. In this place were deposited
| all the treasures Of Gonzalo du Sandoval during
the bloody campaign which preceded the siege of
| the City of Mexico.
! There is much more of interest to be told con
corning this ancient town, but not at this time.
| Visitors in Mexico should not fail to visit the
place. Among she distinguished dead buried
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fights, when the boys were resting up
from the intense strain and fatigue,
Martin and the others of his mess pre-
pared to have good square meal.
The coffee was brought out, the hard
tack secured, the frying pan gotten
out, and all made ready to have some
luscious rashers Of bacon and grease
soaked hard-tack. But when they
went to cut the bacon! John had
been shot early in the fight, and was
carried off to the hospital, haversack,
meat and all. The boys didn't have
any bacon that night, but John is still
here, fat and jolly, to laugh over the
way the boys lost theeir meat, and be
came near losing his life. John was
shot in the intestines, but the other
boys were as badly hurt for the time
being as he was.
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as he extended the other to ber, ex-
claiming, Come quick, Rhett Myron.
and forgive me-oh! cap.you forgive
me? 1t was | who killed your faith
er; these hands are red with his blood.
God has pardoned me, but | cannot
die until you forgive me. Take this; :;
it was on your parents dying heart.
1t is your face, and your name and
and his. Say it is not too late-you
will not let me die with your orphan
means echoing over my grave?"
THE poor girl caught his hands in
hers and only could say, "Oh! sir, you
were both soldiers; l freely forgive
yon," and she fell unconscious upon
the floor. When she recovered all
was over The slayer Of her father aud
the kindest friend of her life was dead
The reading of Colonel Smiths will
revealed the fact that he bequeathed
to Miss Myron the generous sum of
,OOO; also, the request that she
would make her home as long as she
desired with his wife and children, as
a member of the household.
I have seen the little picture which
was the key that unlocked the mys-
terry of Rhett Myron's life 1t is a
sweet child face. in a cloud Of azure
and gold Across the locket are trac-
ed the names Of father and child.
while on the faded plush case are drops
Of blood
This is certainly the most remark
able incident that it has ever been the
privilege of your correspondent to re-
cord
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HHawk and painter"

Near Decatur, Alabama, in 1864.
was Johnny picket-post, and fire.
quently occupied by an old sharp
shooter who had some kind of blum
der-buss that would seemingly carry
mile. At least one could scarcely
hear the crack Of the old thing and
the yell with which the shot was al
ways given, till the bullet would come
along. This old fellow made it hot
for the out-posts at Decatur. When
ever he fired, he would send forth a
yell that was perhaps intended to scare
to death all the Yanks south of the
Ohio River. The boys couldn't reach
him with sufficient accuracy with
their muskets, SO they conspired
against the old fraud, and borrowed a
Spencer or two. 1t was not long
thereafter until old 'Hawk-An-Paint-
er" was a thing Of the past, as far as
that post was concerned. The boys
cut the patching around him a little
too close.
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OLDEST PAPER INa
THE COUNTY. :

one of the participants in the battle.
Snyder was on picket when a fiat car
suddenly took the shape of a live,
moving Rebel, and banged away. The
car Immediately halted-in fact it had
been halted before.
After these desperate conflicts, the
boys returned home, but as full of
fight as ever, and Immediately re-en-
listed-or nearly all of them did--for
three years or during the war-going g
into the SD, seth, and 36th Ohio, and
I'd w. Va Cavalry. The days of the
stay of the jackson County Guards
at this place will not be forgotten by
those who were here. The boys were
then going through the romantic pc
riod of the war. They strutted about
the streets decorated with huge ro-
settles of red, white and blue ribbons
and were the envy Of the small boys
and objects Of hatred to those who be-
lieved that "the North could not CO.
cree a State A large number OF
them have long since passed away
and those still living cannot repress q
smile when rejecting how little they
knew then of the terrible realities OF
war Army life then was mostly pa
rade. and fuss, with a few light
marches and skirmishes-buta after
ward came the long. wearying march
the roll of musketry from hundred
thousand men. the shrleking shell
gathering grape and canister, the
flying schrapnel, and the shrieks OF
the wounded. Yet these brave boys
when they did encounter the enemy
in force, upheld the honor of the flag
and reflected glory upon Jackson
County by their daring.
Elsewhere is a roster Of the COM
pany.
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SEPTEMBER %. 1887.

gan: Seventh Corporal, VIM. f. Blackhart; Eighth
Corporal, A. G. McNeal; Commissary, Foster Lyle.
PRIvATEs.
Obed Ackey, John Ackey, Richard Allen, Jesse
Ankrom, Barnard Ankrom, Geo. Buchanan, Chas.
Burgess, John Meade, Hugh May, David Moran, Wm.
P. Mix, James Morrison, William Mcdonald, Patrick
Meade, James Nunnay, William Oliver, Joseph Pc
tiers, James Peterson, Robert Patterson Cyrus Rose,
Isaac Roberts, Abraham Rankin, David Randall
Thomas Butcher, Allen Bowler, VIM. Barbee, Joseph
Brewster, Thomas Butler, James r. Crooke, John c..
Clayton, Jacob Funk, John V. Farber, William Toll
bert Samuel Garrett Joseph Gilbert Asbury Greene,
Walter B. Hook, John Hesket, j. Hockinghammer,
Thomas Hood. Samuel Hood, James Henson, William
W. johnson, Ezekiel II. Jarvis, Phneas Kinney,
Philip Logan, Stephen Lockhart, Syvanus Lockhart,
Thomas Lawton, James McNallis, Anthony Malone,
John Moser. Enoch II. Russell, Ami W. Swanson,
John Shoultz, Hugh Sw aney John Sinclair, braham
Scott, Hagan E. Soule, Smith Stephenson, Patrick
Traner, Charles Tomson, VIM. Utz, John Wilson,
Alex. Walker, Cary Walker, Henry Zimmerman.
Company X, Ninety First O. VI.
Captain, Levi NJ. Stephenson; First Lieutenant, L.
A. Atkinson; Second Lieutenant, Jacob Thompson
First Sergeant, Jerome Plummer; Second Sergeant,
Vincent Radclif; Third Sergeant, William Sell
Fourth Sergeant Levi S. Stepenson Fifth Sergeant,
Warren Schellenger First Corporal James O'Rourke;
Second Corporal, Peter Piles; Third Corporal. VIM.
Emmons; Fourth Corporal, John Brown; Fifth Cor
pora Horace Weeks; Sixth Corporal, John Magoon
Seventh Corporal, George Hank; Eighth Corporal,
William Mcdaniel; Fifer, Isaac Mackey; Drummer.
William Ewing; Company Commissary Henry CHAR.
PRIyATES.
Jefferson Anderson, John Bennett, Peter Brunton,
John Border, VIM. II. Brunton, Barnabas Canter,
Mitchell Canter, Hudson Crook Madison CLAIR Chas
Cush, Tilbury Crabtree, VIM. Calender, Henry Dow
ney, Henry Dilienger. Abraham Dickson, VIM. Dow
nard, Jacob Ekhart George Ekhart. VIM. Ellison,
Peter Fitch, WIN. Flack, Benz Flack ohm Freestone
Adam Gotschall, John A. Garvin Henry Halterman,
VIM. p. Haterman, Christopher Hansey, Harrison
Holcomb, Ed. j. Hammonds, VIM. C. Hill, David
lsenberg, Lemuel Joyce, Joseph KriebeI, Samuel
hriebel, James W. Kight Gabriel Lesser, John Lu-
cas- Ira Miller, Christopher Murray James Murphy,
Edward Mansfield, Arthur Metcaf George w. Mer-
Ger, Robert McKibbon, Thomas Mcclure, James
Moore, Robert Miller, James W. Miller, Anthony
Marsh, John j. Nelson, Felix Nash VIM. H. Plum
mer, VIM. G. Pittenger, John II. Rocks, VIM. Rocks,
Harrison Richart, j. H. Rickabaugh, Henry Rider,
James Rhodes, Robert Ralston Harrison Stephenson,
John Sheppard, Levi Sheppard, Joseph Stifier John
Shumaker, Robert Swiers John W. Stigal, John L.
VIII, George White Peter Weber, Josephus Wykoff.
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HUMAN UNCERTAINTY!

When the old Thirty-Sixth Ohio
was about to start on one of the move
ments III Virginia, the boys drew five
days rations. Several of them messed
together and divided up the rations to
carry. Among the men thus appor-
tioning off their grub were George
Martin, John H. Stephenson, and
others, of this place. Martin took
the bareback, Stephenson took the
meat, another took the coffee and su-
gar, and so on. After one of the
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THE FIRST COMPANY.
jackson County's First Response
to The Call of The President.

To glance back through the years,
from the standpoint Of quarter Of a
century away, the organization cf the
first company of troops in Jackson
seems like fairy legend, or a dim,
almost forgotten dream. But glance
at the names Of these early heroes
brings back wildly those exciting
days. On the Both of April, 1861,
amid much enthusiasm, the jackson
County Guards organized. This was
a good company, though there were
some men in it entirely too far ad-
vanced in years to stand the fatigues
and trials of march and camp. But
the fire of loyalty was there, and they
would not be excluded from the rolls.
The company had the advantage of a
frst-class sheepskin band. Maj. Isaac
Roberts, the wonderful fifer, the man
who could, with his fife, blow more
fight and enthusiasm into COM
pany of troops than any musician we
ever saw, was member of this COM
pany. Grandpap Clayton, with his
snare drum, assisted in the drilling
here, and the marches and drills of
the company attracted much atten-
tion. For many days the company
practiced military evolutions, before
being called away to camp. "Old
Frank" Smith was in this company,
and was the life Of the crowd. This
command went to Clarksburg, West
Virginia, as one company of the 18th
Ohio. About the only conflicts in
which they engaged during their
three months service was the personal
encounter between Uncle Charley
McCarty and an Irishman's COW, and
old man Snyder and railroad car.
McCarty was on picket, when the
fierce Rebel cow came along. McCarty
gave the command to 'halt!'' but the
reckless Rebel kept on. Bang"
went McCarty's musket. The cow
also "went off," and somewhat rapid
ly. The next morning the Irishman
came into camp with grievance. but
as the cow had left no marks on Nc
Carly, he could not be identified as
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THE OLD BLUE COAT.


see, suspended from the wall
As in the olden days,
A picture over which the mind
In fondest fancy plays;
read as in those other years,
That story, brave and true
/ see the battle-fires which bathed
That faded coat TO blue.
Each button-dimmed with passing years
Looks brighter once again,
Each faded thread the story tells,
Of deeds of gallant men;
Each dusty, threadbare fold but serves
Old memories to renew.
And round the camp-fr once again
Reclines that coat of blue.
read the story of the past,
AS tongue can never tell,
1 hear once more among the hills
The battles music swell;
Around its swiftly fading threads
There springs upon the view
The gloomy scenes through which it passed,
That faded coat of blue.
hear the startling bugle-call,
see the willing hand
Spring forward, to the work of death,
Before the swift command;
hear the horrid rife-blast
Ring down the line anew
/ see them falling from the ranks,
Those gallant coats of blue.
1t tells me of the broken home,
1t points the lonely grave,
1t tells of bloody sacrifice,
The tribute of the brave;
Can forget, in life's short day,
That story, old and true?
All. no. This heart shall ever love
That faded coat of blue.
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under my command. I fought the
battles OF the 18th aud 10Th insts.
with the troops but partially equipped
and notwithstanding the inclemency
Of the weather and the partial equip
ment, have been enabled to drive the
enemy beyond Duck River, crossing
two streams with my troops, and
driving the enemy from position to
position, without the aid of pontoons
and with but little transportation to
bring up provisions and ammunition.
| am doing all in my power to crush
Hoods army, and, if it be possible,
will destroy it. But pursuing all en-
emy through an exhausted country.
over mud roads completely sogged
with heavy rains, is no child's play,
and cannot he accom- pli>lled AS quickly
as thought of. | hope. In urging uie
to push the enemy, the department
remembers that Gen. Sherman took
with him the complete organization
of the Military Division of the Mi
sissippi. we'll equipped in every re-
sppct. lis regards ammunition, supplies
and transportation, leaving me only
two corps, partially stripped of their
transportation to accommodate the
force taken with him, to oppose the
advance into Tennessee of that army
which had resisted the advance of the
army of the Military Division of the
Mississippi on Atlanta, from the com
mencement of the campaign till its
close. and which is now in addition
aided by FORESTS cavalry. Although
my progress may appear slow, | feel
assured that Hoods army can be driv-
Ell from Tennessee, and eventually
driven to the wall by the force under
my command. But too much must
not be expected Of troops which have
to be reorganized, especially when
they have the task of destroying a
force. in winters campaign, which
was able to make all obstinate resist
ance to twice its numbers IN spring
and summer In conclusion, ! can
safely state that the army is willing
to submit to any sacrifice to oust
Hoods army. or to strike any other
blow which may contribute to the de-
struction of the Rebellion
Signed GEORGE H. THOMAS,
major General. y
Gen. Thomas forces may be aptly
described by little bit of experience
given by the late Gen. Steedman. He
was describing how he. with about
twelve thousand men. was pursuing
Forrest st-who only had about ten
thousand men. But Steedman man.
aged to keep at a safe distance behind
Forrest. Knowing that "Old jim
wasn't afraid of anything Oh earth, as
a general thing, a friend asked: why
didn't you. with your superior force,
try to catch him, General?" Borrow
ing IA pork-packer's expression, the old
General replied: "Why, Forrest had
ten thousand soldiers; I had about
three thousand soldiers-the rest were
sAouts and ears!"
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VOL. 43----NO. 80.
THE OLD ARMY BEAN

Let orators spout Of the Land of the Free,''
And the laurels the hero hath won,
How he bore, in his might from the lakes the sea,
A record as bright as the sun;
But sing of hero more valorous yet,
As 1 scatter oblivion's screen
From the face of the years when all of us met
That comrade-The Old Army Bean.
You may sing of the hardship in march or in camp,
OF the drear, lonely vigil at night,
Ofthe couch of the soldier, all cherries and damp,
Where he dreams of the pitiless fight;
But all of these visions fly swiftly away,
And joys come crowding between
As we hear the tin pan, at the noon of The day,
Sing the song of the Old Army Bean.
The old "Army Mule'' has heralded fame,
And his glory shall never depart
But ever a friend in his company came
To plant hope in the heart;
And, when the brave boys were awaiting the foe
In the shade of the deadly ravine,
How they welcomed his n.cvements, as, solemn and
slow,
He brought them The Old Army Bean.
1t touched the brown waters with tender caress,
And such is the strength of its might
That Its shador If boiled, made treat for the
That set the boys eager for fight;
For Lord of the Kettle it royalty reigned,
And its pathway tidy and clean
Een its would reveal, though carefully strained.
Little trace of The Old Army Bean.
In the gloom of the bivouacs loneliest hour,
With the ''fours' all seated around
When the old greasy 'pack, with its sclacing powr,
Made the camp ground with laughter resound;
How deftly we raded the cooks scanty store
Such "cSips'' what mortal had seen?
Then joyfully played, as we "bet,' by the score,
The forms of The Old Army Bean.
You may talk of the dangers of schrapnel and SHE'LL
Ofthe battles fierce, fiery breath;
You may wipe your moist eyes, you tearfully tell
OF the terrible harvest of death;
But remember this soldier far greater than all,
Though of origin lowy and mean
And let the hot tear in its memory fall.
That comforting Old Army Bean.
No danger to fear, no duty to shirk,
Fer ready in camp o in fight
For many a comrade hath known it to ''work'
In the musty old kettle, at night;
When the weird "reveille' in its rollicking tone,
Floated merrily over the green,
There still In the dim light of morning it shone-
The face fThe Old Army Bean.
When Fame shall emblazon her glittering crown
On the record of lives tried and true,
Let no thoughtless one dare to offer frown
To this friend of the hero in blue
But out of the deeds of the turbulent past,
Let strive, the rather, to CLEAN
That comfort which shines from the first to the last
In the tale of The Old Army Bean.